I posted this in the discussion thread, but this might be a better place:

How does Future Lucy still exist if the Present Lucy's future has been altered completely?

That's something I just can't understand. It's one big paradox.

If the Present Lucy and her friends succeeded in saving everyone and sending the dragons and future rogue back, that means the Lucy from the future never existed because the Present Lucy would never end up like her.

But the Present Lucy only succeeded because Future Lucy assisted her... But now that Present Lucy is going to have a different future, then Future Lucy is no more...

Can someone help me out please?

When does a man die? When he is hit by a bullet? No. When he suffers a disease? No. When he ate a soup made out of a poisonous mushroom? No! A man dies when he is forgotten! - Dr.Hiluluk

I posted this in the discussion thread, but this might be a better place:

How does Future Lucy still exist if the Present Lucy's future has been altered completely?

That's something I just can't understand. It's one big paradox.

If the Present Lucy and her friends succeeded in saving everyone and sending the dragons and future rogue back, that means the Lucy from the future never existed because the Present Lucy would never end up like her.

But the Present Lucy only succeeded because Future Lucy assisted her... But now that Present Lucy is going to have a different future, then Future Lucy is no more...

Can someone help me out please?

Future Lucy's timeline apparently continue's to exist, this is why she continues to travel to the past(like as in a time loop). This is proven by her and F-Rogue both existing at the same time, they come from different timelines and would therefore not exist at the same time if there was only one timeline.

I posted this in the discussion thread, but this might be a better place:

How does Future Lucy still exist if the Present Lucy's future has been altered completely?

That's something I just can't understand. It's one big paradox.

If the Present Lucy and her friends succeeded in saving everyone and sending the dragons and future rogue back, that means the Lucy from the future never existed because the Present Lucy would never end up like her.

But the Present Lucy only succeeded because Future Lucy assisted her... But now that Present Lucy is going to have a different future, then Future Lucy is no more...

Can someone help me out please?

This is a little complicated. There are two 'types' of settings for time travel

Type 1: There is only one timeline. So a choice made in the present will only result in one future happening out of several possibilities. Consequently, if someone time-travels back from the future to the present and makes a different choice from what led to their future, the original future will be erased and a new one created in its place. Meanwhile the person from the original future who travelled back will be erased as their future no longer exists.

Type 2: There are multiple timelines. Choices made in the present lead to different futures that exist parallel to each other, like multiple branches growing from a tree trunk. For example if someone shoots me, there can be one future where I died and another where I survived. Both exist, and both have different versions of the world: One where I still live and another where I died and everything happened without me.

In such a scenario, if someone from one future travels to the present and makes a different choice from what led to their future, a new future will be created(like a new branch of the tree) but the original future(other branch) will still exist. So the person who came from that future will still exist and when he/she returns, he/she will return to their original future and not the new one created.

Hiro Mashima has basically chosen Type 2. Read it a couple times and it'll make sense. Another example of this is 'Future Trunks' from Dragonball Z.

BTW, as Future Lucy's old post-apocalyptic future still exists, she did not 'return' there. She died and met other dead members of the Fairy Tail from her future. That's why she appeared in a grassy plain and the faces of her fellow Fairy Tail members aren't shown. And if you look carefully you'll see Levy(The one person from her future who was confirmed to be alive) isn't among them.

Makarov is ranked 6th (I think) in the 10 wizard saints and Jura is ranked 5. Laxus beat Jura, so does that mean Laxus is capable of being a wizard saint?

Another thing - Makarov is supposed to be an almighty wizard saint, but he got taken down easily with that guy from Phantom Lord I think. It was a cheap win, but what does that say about the power of these so called "wizard saints"?

When does a man die? When he is hit by a bullet? No. When he suffers a disease? No. When he ate a soup made out of a poisonous mushroom? No! A man dies when he is forgotten! - Dr.Hiluluk

Makarov is ranked 6th (I think) in the 10 wizard saints and Jura is ranked 5. Laxus beat Jura, so does that mean Laxus is capable of being a wizard saint?

Another thing - Makarov is supposed to be an almighty wizard saint, but he got taken down easily with that guy from Phantom Lord I think. It was a cheap win, but what does that say about the power of these so called "wizard saints"?

weeell,it says that its huge.the reason he got one shotted was cause he was too strong,total magic loss gets worse the more powerful the wizard is

Now if Jura is ranked higher than Makarov and Laxus beat Jura, does that mean Laxus is stronger than Makarov as well?!

And if Natsu is stronger than Laxus (which I don't think we can say for sure), then...

eeeeh,dunno really.i think Laxus is faster than Makarov,but Makarov is more durable ,both in titan and regular.but there are the age issues,which means that without FL,laxus could maaaaaybe,outlast him a bit

Makarov is ranked 6th (I think) in the 10 wizard saints and Jura is ranked 5. Laxus beat Jura, so does that mean Laxus is capable of being a wizard saint?

Another thing - Makarov is supposed to be an almighty wizard saint, but he got taken down easily with that guy from Phantom Lord I think. It was a cheap win, but what does that say about the power of these so called "wizard saints"?

IIRC Jura only got ranked higher than Makarov because Makarov had vanished for 7 years. Having been presumed dead during that period would he even have been counter among the Saints?